Why Politics Fails plants like ownership

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Markus Koschenz

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Why Politics Fails plants like ownershipWhy do the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed? In Why Politics Fails, award winning Oxford professor Ben Ansell shows that its not the politicians that are the problem, its that our collective goals result in five political traps. Democracy: we all want a say in how were governed, but its impossible to have any true will of the people. Equality: we want to be treated equally, but equal rights and equal outcomes undermine each other.